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House, 13 Curtis Street, STAWELL

Location

13 Curtis Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Hammer house, 13 Curtis Street, Stawell, has significance as a moderately intact example of a simple brick miner's cottage. The house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street.

The Hammer house, 13 Curtis Street, Stawell, is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the second half of the 19th century. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form that traverses the site, single storey height, modest scale and brick walls. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the external brick chimney, narrow eaves, shallow pitched verandah that projects towards the street frontage, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, and the central timber framed doorway with symmetrically flanking timber framed double hung windows.

Overall, the Hammer house, 13 Curtis Street, Stawell is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House